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Benjamin Netanyahu Touts Alliance With Trump As Israelis React To New Elections

5:53pm May 30, 2019

by Daniel Estrin

After a major setback and the shocking move to new elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is getting ready to run again and touting his alliance with the Trump administration.

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Pompeo's Trip To Switzerland Could Signal The U.S. Is Working To Talk With Iran

4:59pm May 30, 2019

by Michele Kelemen

The Trump administration says it is ready to talk to Iran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's trip to Switzerland this weekend may be a sign he's looking for a back channel.

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Unprecedented Early Elections To Be Held In Israel

7:59am May 30, 2019

by Daniel Estrin

Voters in Israel will go the polls for a second time this year after Prime Minister Netanyahu missed a deadline to form a coalition government. Parliament voted to hold new elections Sept. 17.

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The People's Defense Court in the Rojava district of northeast Syria. Judges here have been holding trials of thousands of ISIS fighters. The Kurdish-led region broke from Syrian government control in 2012 and has developed its own justice system that it

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'Revenge Is For The Weak': Kurdish Courts In Northeastern Syria Take On ISIS Cases

9:42pm May 29, 2019

by Jane Arraf

Kurdish Syrian authorities have tried 7,000 ISIS suspects in a justice system that bans torture and the death penalty. Some of the judges are women, which comes as a shock to ISIS fighters on trial.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday in the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem.

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Israeli Parliament Schedules Unprecedented Early Elections

7:36pm May 29, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party pushed for new elections in September rather than risk allowing Israel's ceremonial president to choose someone else to form a government.

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Israel Heads Toward New Elections After Netanyahu Fails To Put Government Together

5:43pm May 29, 2019

by Daniel Estrin

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not meet Wednesday's deadline to put together a governing majority, so the country's parliament voted to set new elections for Sept. 17.

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Iranian soldiers carry part of a target drone used in air-defense exercises. Iran is also turning some target drones into low-tech weapons for its proxies.

In Yemen Conflict, Some See A New Age Of Drone Warfare

5:13pm May 29, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

Iran has been developing drones for both itself and its proxies. In recent months those drones have been used for targeted assassinations, military strikes and to sow chaos in the region.

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Iraq Sentences 4 French ISIS Fighters To Death

8:25am May 28, 2019

by Jane Arraf

Four French ISIS fighters are among the dozen French citizens transferred to Iraqi custody from Syria. They're illustrating a huge problem over the trials of ISIS fighters.

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Exiled Turkish Military Officer Recreates His Life In The U.S.

8:07am May 28, 2019

David Greene talks to a Turkish military officer about why he was forced to flee to the United States shortly after the alleged coup attempt in Turkey in 2016.

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News Brief: Ohio Tornadoes, Disaster Fund Lessons, ISIS Trials

7:04am May 28, 2019

by Noel King

Destructive tornadoes touched down in Ohio overnight. A lesson from a California wildfire: aid may need to come before a disaster strikes. And, four French ISIS fighters have been sentenced to death.

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